Unexpected Love by Julie Zine Coleman is a study on “God’s heart revealed in Jesus’ conversations with women.” The book explores nine conversations that Jesus had with women during His earthly ministry; these women are Jesus’ mother, the woman with the issue of blood, the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with her hair, the Syrophoenician woman, the woman caught in adultery, Martha, the woman at the well, Salome, and Mary Magdalene. Each chapter begins with the actual text from Scripture written out, then the author’s paraphrase of the event. I really appreciated that the Scriptural account came first, which allowed any reader not familiar with the Bible to see the biblical record first, then see the author’s thoughts. Julie’s gift for writing clearly comes through in her paraphrase of these events. After the story is set up there is a Digging Deeper section where it is obvious that the author has done an immense amount of study. In this section she includes details...
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